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Guess where I live from five clues!

165 replies

SkipperKipper · 20/06/2026 09:03

Just a bit of fun! Feel free to join.

I’ll give 5 facts about where I live and see if anyone guesses the right answer.

  1. 15 minutes from an airport
  2. Lots of pubs/charity shops
  3. 30 mins from inner city
  4. Very white British/little diversity
  5. Pork pies!
OP posts:
HauntedRavioli · 20/06/2026 23:52

FeelingALittleWoozyHere · 20/06/2026 23:49

I probably only need one

Roundabouts

Swindon?

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 20/06/2026 23:54

Peakyblinder18 · 20/06/2026 23:49

Norwich

not Norwich

honeylulu · 21/06/2026 00:34

VoteCountBinface · 20/06/2026 22:33

Home to one of the largest abbeys in Europe in the 12th century
The Climate Stripes were created here
Still not a city but has signs to the City Centre
Cheeselogs
Known for three Bs: beer, biscuits and bulbs

Reading! I'm here too.
Nice list. Could also add:
A King is buried here.
Home to (apparently) the most prolific serial killer until Dr Harold Shipman.
The prison is infamous due to being the subject of a poem.
Mr Tumble.
Rite of passage summer music festival.
The Maiwand Lion.

Boreded · 21/06/2026 00:36

SkipperKipper · 20/06/2026 09:03

Just a bit of fun! Feel free to join.

I’ll give 5 facts about where I live and see if anyone guesses the right answer.

  1. 15 minutes from an airport
  2. Lots of pubs/charity shops
  3. 30 mins from inner city
  4. Very white British/little diversity
  5. Pork pies!

Leicester

Ihateboris · 21/06/2026 00:42

ourSusie · 20/06/2026 17:17

Chester

Well done 👏

Twatterati · 21/06/2026 01:36

deleted, just seen someone guessed!

Sinkingfeeling952 · 21/06/2026 02:19

SkipperKipper · 20/06/2026 09:03

Just a bit of fun! Feel free to join.

I’ll give 5 facts about where I live and see if anyone guesses the right answer.

  1. 15 minutes from an airport
  2. Lots of pubs/charity shops
  3. 30 mins from inner city
  4. Very white British/little diversity
  5. Pork pies!

Ilkley

LaLaBall · 21/06/2026 02:30

witchesback · 20/06/2026 10:28

I’ll add mine! If you google it’s cheating Grin

diverse
its a city but everyone thinks it’s a town
has a Wallace and gromit statue
first KFC in the UK
butter pie

I did my BA there! I do miss it sometimes.

ourSusie · 21/06/2026 04:13

StabiaGirl · 20/06/2026 19:13

One of the above! We have ponies, donkeys and a famous British peer associated with the Scouting movement 😳

Beaulieu (Mountbatten at Broadlands)

sashh · 21/06/2026 04:38

witchesback · 20/06/2026 10:28

I’ll add mine! If you google it’s cheating Grin

diverse
its a city but everyone thinks it’s a town
has a Wallace and gromit statue
first KFC in the UK
butter pie

Preston. The KFC was the big clue.

Gateappreciation · 21/06/2026 05:35

HauntedRavioli · 20/06/2026 23:52

Swindon?

Milton Keynes ?

BeMintFatball · 21/06/2026 05:44

There is one very well known feature of my town so I will try to avoid that.

Test Cricket
Ice rink
second smallest cathedral in the Country
County town , achieved city status a few years back

FeelingALittleWoozyHere · 21/06/2026 05:58

Gateappreciation · 21/06/2026 05:35

Milton Keynes ?

Yes 👍

smelps · 21/06/2026 06:10

BeMintFatball · 21/06/2026 05:44

There is one very well known feature of my town so I will try to avoid that.

Test Cricket
Ice rink
second smallest cathedral in the Country
County town , achieved city status a few years back

Chelmsford?

ourSusie · 21/06/2026 06:16

Ihateboris · 21/06/2026 00:42

Well done 👏

was easy for me

Roman Walled City
Roodee
Rows
River

BeMintFatball · 21/06/2026 08:29

smelps · 21/06/2026 06:10

Chelmsford?

Yes 👍🏻 what bit gave it away? Was avoiding saying home of radio 😂

smelps · 21/06/2026 09:08

BeMintFatball · 21/06/2026 08:29

Yes 👍🏻 what bit gave it away? Was avoiding saying home of radio 😂

The county cricket ground and it being a new city. Also I only live 15 miles away! So I was probably cheating 🫢

Whataflippincircus · 21/06/2026 09:38

The OP hasn’t been back.

Ihateboris · 21/06/2026 11:30

ourSusie · 21/06/2026 06:16

was easy for me

Roman Walled City
Roodee
Rows
River

You're obviously a local 🤣

Ihateboris · 21/06/2026 11:31

Has the Op come back??

mugglewump · 21/06/2026 12:44

@Barleycat · Yesterday 16:43
Mine.
Has a football team and train station named after something which no longer exists. Also dinosaurs.

Crystal Palace

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 21/06/2026 15:34

@SkipperKipper
is it

Market Harborough

Dawnintheageofaquariams · 21/06/2026 16:02

HauntedRavioli · 20/06/2026 23:40

John Cooper Clarke said he never wants to visit here. He only said it once, but he said it firmly.

I don't even want to make the journey...

HauntedRavioli · 21/06/2026 16:36

Dawnintheageofaquariams · 21/06/2026 16:02

I don't even want to make the journey...

Nailed it!

What they do there don't concern me!

Dawnintheageofaquariams · 21/06/2026 18:39

HauntedRavioli · 21/06/2026 16:36

Nailed it!

What they do there don't concern me!

Edited

I'll tell you this, like I told Elsa Lanchester...